Views of women and health professionals on mhealth lifestyle interventions in pregnancy: A qualitative investigation

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Willcox, Jane C ^e   van der Pligt, Paige ^a   Ball, Kylie ^a   Wilkinson, Shelley A ^b,c   Lappas, Martha ^d   McCarthy, Elizabeth A ^d   Campbell, Karen J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MATER MOTHERS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Attitude; MHealth; Pregnancy; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989809686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.4869     Document Type: Article

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